Progress on the UV-VIS arm of SOXS

We present our progress on the UV-VIS arm of Son Of X-Shooter (SOXS), a new spectrograph for the NTT. Our design splits the spectral band into four sub-bands that are imaged onto a single detector. Each band uses an optimized high efficiency grating that operates in 1st order (m=1). In our previous paper we presented the concept and preliminary design. SOXS passed a Final Design Review in July 2018 and is well into the construction phase. Here we present the final design, performances of key manufactured elements, and the progress in the assembly. Based on the as-built elements, the expected throughput of the visual arm will be < 55%. This paper is accompanied by a series of contributions describing the progress made on the SOXS instrument.

Sergio Campana | Pietro Schipani | Davide Ricci | Marco Riva | Federico Biondi | Matteo Munari | Salvatore Scuderi | Andrea Baruffolo | Francesco D'Alessio | Gianluca Li Causi | Fabrizio Vitali | Sergio D'Orsi | Iair Arcavi | Giuliano Pignata | Bernardo Salasnich | Riccardo Claudi | Rosario Cosentino | Michael Rappaport | Matteo Aliverti | Marco Landoni | Seppo Mattila | Adam Rubin | Matteo Genoni | Sagi Ben-Ami | Avishay Gal-Yam | Anna Brucalassi | Hanindyo Kuncarayakti | Giulio Capasso | Mirko Colapietro | Ofir Hershko | Stephen Smartt | Rachel Bruch | Massimo Della Valle | Marco De Pascale | Rosario Di Benedetto | Jos'e Antonio Araiza-Duran | Marcos Hernandez | Kalyan Radhakrishnan | Ricardo Zanmar Sanchez | J. A. Araiza-Durán | Paolo D'Avanzo | S. Smartt | M. Stritzinger | I. Arcavi | A. Gal-yam | E. Cappellaro | A. Baruffolo | R. Claudi | M. Valle | H. Kuncarayakti | S. Mattila | B. Salasnich | R. Cosentino | M. Aliverti | M. Genoni | M. Landoni | G. Pignata | S. Ben-Ami | P. D’Avanzo | S. Scuderi | F. Vitali | F. D'Alessio | M. Riva | A. Rubin | R. Bruch | S. Campana | G. Causi | J. Kotilainen | Davide Ricci | P. Schipani | Enrico Cappellaro | M. Rappaport | Maximilian Stritzinger | M. D. Pascale | F. Biondi | R. D. Benedetto | R. Z. Sánchez | David Young | M. Munari | Hector Ventura | Jari Kotilainen | K. Radhakrishnan | Jani Achr'en | Thomas Flugel-Paul | Susann Sadlowski | A. Brucalassi | G. Capasso | M. Colapietro | S. D'orsi | O. Hershko | Héctor Ventura | M. Hernandez | D. Young | J. Achr'en | Thomas Flugel-Paul | S. Sadlowski

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